Sharm el Sheikh

peachyprice

lewroll wrote: »

Sorry but I agree with leylandsunaddict. No UK flights have flown to or from Sharm since the 17th November. To Hurghada and other places in Egypt yes, but Sharm no.

Maybe they flew by an indirect route via Cairo?

Maybe, yes.

C_Mababejive

Clearly the OP doesnt keep abreast of current affairs...

wkt54

Hi Thank you for your replies.

The only thing that has changed since eDickys post on 24 Dec is that Monarch have changed from 24 Jan to 1 Feb.

Thomson and Thomas Cook are still 24 March and Easyjet 1 March.

The UK sent out a team of 'experts' last week to check on Sharm airport security.

I thought all airports had more or less the same security systems.

It is still possible to come here from the UK via Cairo, Hurgada or Instanbul.

I spoke to a British person last week for the first time in 6 weeks, and was in Naama Bay, the main town but didn't hear one British accent.

eDicky

wkt54 wrote: »

I thought all airports had more or less the same security systems.

Similar systems, but varying quality of implementation and staff reliability.

wkt54

Hi

I am still living in Sharm, and still no direct flights from the UK or Russia 19 months after the plane crash.

I went to the UK in February and France 3 weeks ago.

After you go through security with the trays, you go to passport control, and then have to have another security check like the first one.

Coming back after passport control, you have another security check with the trays before you can leave the airport.

In February I flew to Milan Malpensa with Meridiana, then to Manchester with Easyjet.

Sharm to Milan was 140 euros return, and Milan - Manchester - 100 return.

But when I looked to book flights to Milan for 3 weeks ago, it was 200 euros one way.

So I went to Instanbul then Nice with Turkish Airlines. It was 500 euros return.

Italy, Germany, Ukraine and other countries are flying direct, but the British and Russians, who make up 70% of the tourists are not.

Last November Egypt devalued their pound.

Before that we were getting 11EP for one sterling, today is 23EP.

So everything is half price.

I moved into a lovely apartment and pay 2700EP a month, about 30 sterling.

Cigarettes are 90p for 20 and a pint 1.25p. Food in restuarants is now so cheap.

But the hotels are nearly empty except , like now, when the Egyptians have school holidays, and they are full this week.

I don't know when the UK government will allow Thomson, Monarch etc to come back.

sandsy

Guess it depends on how stringent security is. It certainly wasn't very stringent when I visited last, before the flight ban, e.g., people carrying through clearly visible large bottles of liquids, staff half asleep etc.

C_Mababejive

http://hurghada-airport.co.uk/flight-status.htm